The NFL saluted its best players and plays from the 2011 season the night before Super Bowl XLVI with the first annual "NFL Honors" show. The star-studded football and entertainment event was held at Murat Theatre in Indianapolis and it made for a great two-hour primetime awards special that aired on NBC. Alec Baldwin hosted the show that featured a performance from Lenny Kravitz. It was a mix of comedy with awards as seven of the yearly Associated Press awards were handed out. The show was predicted to be a flop, but instead it was very entertaining and it should turn into a yearly red carpet Read more [...]

ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine combined to put out list of the 20 current players who a 20-member Pro Football Hall of Fame panel and ESPN's very own John Clayton believe could excel in any era of the NFL. The top 20 was finalized today and four current Pittsburgh Steelers players made the top 10. Finishing 10th was linebacker James Harrison, finishing 8th was wide receiver Hines Ward, finishing 3rd was quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and finishing 2nd was safety Troy Polamalu. Harrison finished 4th as far as linebackers went behind Patrick Willis (7th), Brian Urlacher (5th) and Ray Lewis (1st). Read more [...]

By Jeremy Hritz Right now, it still hurts for Steelers fans. Two of our most hated opponents will battle for the AFC crown that we proudly wore last year. And in the NFC, we have to watch the other hated Harbaugh and the Eli Manning-led New York Giants. While Sunday will no doubt be agonizing as it reminds us of what could have been, it is time to move on. And what better way to do so than taking a closer look at the 2012-2013 Steelers' opponents. Opponents’ 2011 Records: 103-105 (.495) 2011 Playoff Opponents on 2012 Schedule: 4 - Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, New York Giants Divisional Read more [...]

The Divisional Round of the 2011-2012 playoffs are now in the books and the TOX stat did not let us down this week as the winning teams all had a plus 2 TOX number or better. The Baltimore Ravens let the Houston Texans beat themselves with the 4 turnovers and the Ravens defense allowed just 1 explosive play which was a 28 yard run by Arian Foster. Texans quarterback T.J. Yates could not stretch the field and made several ill-advised throws deep. The Texans were still in this game up until the end, but could never make the big play when they needed it. The New York Giants used a good balance Read more [...]

Last week in the Wild Card Round I was 3-1 straight up and 2-2 against the spread. Here we go with the Divisional Round Picks for this weekend. Week 1 Picks Week 2 Picks Week 3 Picks Week 4 Picks Week 5 Picks Week 6 Picks Week 7 Picks Week 8 Picks Week 9 Picks Week 10 Picks Week 11 Picks Week 12 Picks Week 13 Picks Week 14 Picks Week 15 Picks Week 16 Picks Week 17 Picks Wild Card Round Picks New Orleans Saints 30 San Francisco 49ers 17, 1:00 p.m. Saints -3½ The 49ers rely on other teams beating themselves and this is one thing that Drew Brees will not do. The 49ers offense Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers did not win in Denver this past Sunday against the Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game, but it seems that the NFL joined the Broncos as winners as NFL PR man Greg Aiello reported on Twitter today that the game between the Steelers and the Broncos was the most-watched game of the season, the most-watched Wild Card game ever with 42.4 million viewers and the most-watched TV program since Super Bowl XLV. The high ratings were likely a combination of several things. First you had Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow making his first career playoff start and secondly you had Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who lost a friendly wager with Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, made good on the bet today by wearing a Tim Tebow #15 jersey and doing the Tebow pose with the city of Pittsburgh as a backdrop. The photo below is courtesy of Lauren Daley and shows Ravenstahl making good following the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos this past Sunday in the AFC Wild Card game. Had the Steelers won, Hancock would have had to have worn a Steelers jersey and twirl a Terrible Towel during one of his public events. Ravenstahl said after the loss, "It's certainly Read more [...]

Season 2, Episode 67 of The Terrible Podcast is up and with David Todd back in New York we recap the Pittsburgh Steelers overtime loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game. We sort of start our recap backwards and talk about the game winning play on the first play of overtime from Tim Tebow to Demaryius Thomas. It was a great play call against the right defense and Tebow made the throw. We break down the play pretty good along with things that led up to it. Sometimes you just have to tip your hat to the other team. We sure do. After talking about some key injuries suffered in the Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media Monday for his season ending press conference and he talked about the game yesterday against the Denver Broncos, injuries suffered yesterday and various other talking points. Below is the audio of the press conference and I will continue to add recap notes and talking points over the next hour. [audio:http://www.steelersdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mike-tomlin-2011-2012 season-ending-press-conference.mp3] Tomlin opened up by saying he is still coming to grips with what happened last night in Denver and kind of how it unfolded. Read more [...]

Here are the post game quotes on steelers.com from several Steelers players following the overtime loss to the Denver Broncos. Doug Farrar has a good breakdown on what happened on the final pass play from Tim Tebow to Demaryius Thomas. I tweeted after the game I did not think it was cover zero and this, along with the quotes of Ryan Mundy, pretty much make you believe it wasn't. Here are the quotes from the Broncos lockerroom as well as both Tebow and Thomas are quoted. I have posted a quick rundown of the Steelers 2012 free agent class and go through each one by one. Here is an updated Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers 2011 season came to an abrupt end on the first play of overtime Sunday against the Denver Broncos as quarterback Tim Tebow hit wide receiver Demaryius Thomas for a 80-yard touchdown pass and the Broncos defeated Steelers 29-23 in the AFC wild-card playoff game. Not only was it the end of the Steelers 2011 season, it could be the final game for veteran wide receiver Hines Ward as well. Ward was asked about his thoughts on next season after the game and he replied, "No, I'm not even thinking about that. My heart is towards my teammates and towards this game. There are a Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers saw their 2011 season come to an abrupt end Sunday in Denver with 29-23 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game. Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow hit wide receiver Demaryius Thomas on the first play in overtime for a game-winning 80-yard touchdown pass to give the Broncos the win. Tebow had 316 passing yards and two touchdowns in the game and the Broncos now advance to play the New England Patriots in a divisional playoff game Saturday night in Foxboro. The Broncos finished with 447 total yards against the Steelers No. 1 defense that allowed an average Read more [...]

The playoffs begin today for the Pittsburgh Steelers as they take on the Denver Broncos in the 2nd AFC Wild Card game of the weekend in Denver. With a win, the Steelers will move on to face the New England Patriots next Saturday. As I have done each and every week this season, here are my 7 things to look for against the Broncos. Also included is my score prediction for the game. Seeing Red - Isaac Redman will make his second career start at running back now that Rashard Mendenhall was lost for the season last week with a torn ACL in his right knee. His first start came back in week 5 against Read more [...]

There has never been any doubt that Pittsburgh Steelers fans cover the globe. Invading Denver shouldn't be that difficult either. With one of the largest NFL fan-bases, Steelers fans are popping up in unexpected places in anticipation of tomorrow's AFC wild card playoff game. Broncos Country will soon be converted to Steelers Nation as fans transform the landscape. Over 75 fans awaited the Steelers as their plane touched down today. Even Broncos players have seen fans decked out in Steelers gear. Broncos coach John Fox urged fans to keep from selling their tickets to Steelers fans.  Fox Read more [...]

Maurkice Pouncey and Jerricho Cotchery were both interviewed on 93.7 The Fan and Pouncey made it very clear several times that he is very tired answering questions about Tim Tebow and that he does not date Tebow. Cotchery talks about being part of the Steelers and the upcoming game against the Denver Broncos. Cotchery also was on WFAN in New York and talked about New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes and the problems going on with the Jets. Cotchery is even on the latest episode of Steelers Speaks with Teresa Varley. Rick Smith, the agent for Rashard Mendenhall, said that Mendenhall's Read more [...]